• Amazon Floats the Notion of Delivery Drones – In a “60 Minutes” interview, Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos says the company is working on drones that would deliver products to your door in 30 minutes. The biggest hurdle: Regulations. And Amazon’s Jeff Bezos looks to the future • Disruptions:- Want Calls on Planes? You’ll Need …

• Inside the Race to Rescue a Health Site, and Obama – The NYTimes reports the White House almost decided to scrap the Healthcare.gov website, but decided to go ahead and fix it. And Obamacare Website Getting Fixes as Repair Deadline Passes • What Piracy? Removing DRM Boosts Music Sales by 10 Percent – According …

• US carriers can now block activation of stolen smartphones if they head abroad – The joint stolen smartphone database is complete, U.S. carriers say. It was announced last year. • U.S. Government Caught Pirating Military Software, Settles For $50 Million – Even as U.S. officials were touting the evils of piracy, the military was …

• Reports Of Xbox One Disc Drive Issues Increase – Some early adopters are reporting issues with the console’s Blu-ray drive. Meanwhile, Sony’s PlayStation 4 has its own problem with the Blue Light of Death. • Mario Tries to Rescue His Console – Can a new Super Mario title restore Nintendo’s luster? • Apple Confirms …

Updated 7:50 a.m. • BlackBerry-Fairfax deal dies; Thorsten Heins out – BlackBerry abandons its bid to sell the company and will replace its CEO. Instead, the company wants to raise $1 billion in new cash from investors. Original post • Tim Cook: Workplace Equality Is Good for Business – Apple’s CEO writes a Wall Street …

• Android for all and the new Nexus 5 and Nexus 5 available on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile but not on Verizon, to sell in carrier stores too – Google makes the LG Nexus 5 official, selling for $349 unlocked on the Google Play store. It runs Android 4.4 KitKat, which also is now available, but …

• Tune in Oct. 22 for new iPads, Mac Pro details, MacBook Pros, and Mavericks – 9to5Mac offers a look at what’s coming with Tuesday’s Apple announcement. If you own a Mac, you probably will be able to download the next version of OS X this week. And Apple silently updates OS X Mavericks Golden …

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